Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1887-02-04
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, y. G., Jan. 81, lss

! WASHINGTON, y. e., Jan. 81, 1887.
The women are here aguin pleading
piteonsly and eloquently for their rights,
and telling the old. old story Of their
wrongs. just as they have done in Wash.
ington every successive winter for nine.
teen years. Many Of the faces on the
platform are familiar from their frequent
jonrneyings' to o'tfiis Aiecca.ef tleir hspes
and every year their are some new ones.
There is something at once sublime
and pathetic in their persistence. They
are undismayed Opposition is nothing
l)isappolntments are nothing. Yet nc
body knows better than these women
that they have expended a good deal Of
their strength upon men of straw, in
stead OF Nn their husbands, and sons,
and brothers.
During the very hour of the opening
Of their convention here, the senate re-
jectetl their proposed amendment to the
constitution, giving woman the right Of
suffrage, by a vote Of thirty-five to six
teen. The ladies of the convention are
jnb,lant over this triumph. ''Defeat ex-
claimed Miss Anthony, why no. it IS {.
triumph for us We haye on our side
one-tllird Of tile United States senate
This is the first time, continued she, that
We ever got vote on our amendment at
all. We have accomplished a great deal
IN securing recognition When asked
what right she had to clam one-thilu of
the senate as friendly to woman suffrage,
she picked mp the printed record of the
vote and said, "Well, there were sixteen
senators who voted for the bill. OF the
abscntees we count OH Allison, AlGricll.
Cameron. Chase. Dawes, Frye. Miller,
Plumb, Sabin and Sanford us our friends.
!! She had some doubts about Harrison, Of
Indiana. There are eleven of them who
with the sixteen that voted, said she,
make in all twemty-seven senators OH our
slde.''
Miss Anthony proceeded with ''gloul-
i~h glee" to state their future plan of ;lc.
ton. In.tle case ot senators who are
known rs their opponents. when they
come up fer election again, great effort
will l>c made to prevent their return to
tine seu:.te. In Kansas the women
would work for the election of members
to the legislature who would promise to
sl,p,M: for the United States senate only
some man pledged TO vote for their
amendment.
She mentioned that they had five hun
dre'l women making speeches through
out the country. aud that Mrs. Francis
Willard, WHO is now here, was at the
head Of half :: million women, all pledged
20 women suffrage. These women had
discovered that prayers and tears were
Intellectual to get rid of saloons when tllE
man vote brought the saloon into exist
ence land they are with us, said she.
because they want to vote oil tins one
, question.
/; Both congress and the social world uf
Washington have been busy during the
week Besides dismissilg the woman
snfIragists. and disposiDg Of the Cana.
dian fishery trouble. by passing tile re-
| taliatory bill. the senate agail. rejected
| the Mir. Mathews, the cOlOred lawyer!
from Albany, as ,ccortlerof deeds Of IL
District Of Columbia and then settH.
down to the discussions Of Agricnltufee
Experiment Stations. The house. -
Representatives has gwen its time to- 2
consideration and appropriation III M
and society l,a:, wIiirle,. in Oh an incl
: SAINT round OF gayety.
WM. JoNLs
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